FIFA ranking: June 2018 final preview

Best movers in the top 50:6 - Venezuela4 - Australia, BulgariaWorst movers in the top 50:-8 - Scotland-7 - Tunesia-5 - UkraineFour teams will improve their best ever ranking:Syria (73 - 74 in March 2018)Lebanon (79 - 82 in February 2018)Kosovo (141 - 152 in April 2018)Gibraltar (195 - 196 in April 2018)Two teams will drop to new lows:

Russia (70 - 66 in April 2018)Moldova (175 - 173 in October 2016)

June 2018 rank - Team - June 2018 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1

Germany

1558

0

14

2

Brazil

1431

0

47

3

Belgium

1298

0

-48

4

Portugal

1274

0

-32

5

Argentina

1241

0

-13

6

Switzerland

1199

0

20

7

France

1198

0

32

8

Poland

1183

2

55

9

Chile

1135

0

-11

10

Spain

1126

-2

-36

11

Peru

1125

0

19

12

Denmark

1051

0

-3

12

England

1051

1

11

14

Uruguay

1018

3

42

15

Mexico

989

0

-19

16

Colombia

986

0

-3

17

Netherlands

981

2

12

18

Wales

953

3

22

19

Italy

951

1

4

20

Croatia

945

-2

-30

21

Tunisia

910

-7

-102

22

Iceland

908

0

-22

23

Costa Rica

884

2

26

24

Sweden

880

-1

-9

25

USA

873

-1

-7

26

Austria

845

0

4

27

Senegal

838

1

13

28

Slovakia

804

1

18

29

Northern Ireland

803

-2

-34

30

Romania

782

2

45

31

Republic of Ireland

777

0

1

32

Paraguay

773

0

36

33

Venezuela

755

6

46

34

Serbia

751

1

19

35

Ukraine

733

-5

-44

36

Australia

718

4

18

37

Iran

708

-1

-19

38

Congo DR

706

0

-5

38

Turkey

706

-1

-8

40

Bosnia-Herzegovina

693

1

5

41

Morocco

686

1

5

42

Scotland

660

-8

-75

43

Montenegro

652

0

-19

44

Greece

650

0

-7

45

Egypt

649

1

13

46

Czech Republic

641

-1

-6

47

Ghana

624

3

21

48

Nigeria

618

-1

-17

49

Cameroon

614

1

11

49

Bulgaria

614

4

31

51

Hungary

612

-2

8

52

Burkina Faso

604

2

22

53

Norway

596

-5

-12

54

Jamaica

588

-2

1

55

Panama

571

0

-3

56

Slovenia

558

9

63

57

Korea Republic

544

4

24

58

Albania

538

-2

-11

59

Bolivia

536

-2

-12

60

Ecuador

524

3

18

61

Japan

521

-1

-7

62

Honduras

503

-3

-27

63

Finland

486

-1

-21

64

Mali

484

3

22

65

Cape Verde Islands

478

-7

-67

66

Algeria

474

-2

-25

67

Saudi Arabia

465

0

3

68

Cote d'Ivoire

463

1

5

68

Guinea

463

2

13

70

Russia

457

-4

-36

71

FYR Macedonia

451

6

29

72

El Salvador

442

13

50

73

Syria

440

3

17

74

South Africa

428

-2

-4

75

China PR

423

-2

-8

76

Zambia

420

2

8

77

United Arab Emirates

418

4

13

78

Belarus

417

1

7

79

Canada

411

1

4

79

Lebanon

411

3

7

81

Curacao

408

-10

-31

82

Uganda

403

-8

-23

83

Congo

393

6

15

84

Oman

391

3

8

85

Gabon

390

5

16

85

Luxembourg

390

-2

-11

87

Cyprus

384

-1

-2

88

Benin

379

-4

-18

89

Iraq

377

2

5

90

Faroe Islands

376

3

12

91

Trinidad and Tobago

370

1

4

92

Kyrgyzstan

363

-17

-61

93

Israel

362

5

15

94

Estonia

359

-1

-5

95

Uzbekistan

354

-7

-27

96

Georgia

352

-1

-10

97

India

350

0

-4

98

Qatar

348

3

9

99

Palestine

340

-3

-17

100

Armenia

338

-2

-9

101

Libya

336

-1

-5

102

Vietnam

334

0

0

103

Niger

323

6

24

104

Haiti

322

4

20

105

Azerbaijan

321

21

76

106

Madagascar

308

8

24

107

Mauritania

304

-2

-10

108

Korea DPR

303

2

6

108

Central African Republic

303

7

20

110

Jordan

296

8

24

111

Sierra Leone

292

-8

-40

112

Kenya

291

-1

2

113

Mozambique

282

-7

-29

113

Bahrain

282

3

1

115

Philippines

280

-4

-9

116

Namibia

277

-9

-31

117

Kazakhstan

273

0

0

118

Zimbabwe

265

-5

-22

119

Tajikistan

264

1

-2

120

New Zealand

256

13

27

121

Guinea-Bissau

255

-17

-75

122

Thailand

248

0

-5

123

Malawi

247

-4

-22

123

Chinese Taipei

247

-2

-16

125

Togo

241

3

-1

126

Antigua and Barbuda

239

-2

-12

126

Lithuania

239

7

10

128

Sudan

232

-2

-13

129

Latvia

230

10

13

130

Turkmenistan

229

-2

-13

130

Andorra

229

2

-1

132

Nicaragua

228

4

4

133

Yemen

227

-9

-24

134

Swaziland

222

-3

-18

135

St. Kitts and Nevis

218

-5

-23

136

Rwanda

216

-13

-36

137

Angola

209

1

-12

138

Myanmar

206

-3

-21

139

Botswana

205

3

10

140

Tanzania

200

-3

-23

141

Kosovo

197

11

33

142

Hong Kong

195

2

1

143

Equatorial Guinea

190

2

0

143

Solomon Islands

190

10

28

145

Afghanistan

188

-5

-11

146

Guatemala

180

-5

-18

147

Lesotho

175

3

3

148

Burundi

174

-2

-14

149

Comoros

172

-7

-23

150

Maldives

171

-2

-12

151

Ethiopia

166

-5

-22

152

Dominican Republic

162

-3

-13

153

Suriname

154

1

14

154

New Caledonia

150

2

15

155

Mauritius

140

6

16

156

South Sudan

132

1

2

157

Tahiti

130

5

13

158

Liberia

129

-7

-38

159

Kuwait

128

1

2

160

Barbados

127

-2

-2

161

Nepal

118

3

7

162

Vanuatu

117

-7

-19

163

Belize

115

6

8

164

Indonesia

111

0

0

165

Fiji

104

2

-6

166

Cambodia

103

4

-2

166

Papua New Guinea

103

14

25

168

Grenada

102

-5

-11

169

Singapore

99

3

-3

170

St. Lucia

95

4

0

171

Malaysia

93

0

-11

172

Gambia

92

3

-2

173

Puerto Rico

89

-14

-39

173

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

89

3

-2

175

Moldova

88

-2

-10

175

Chad

88

-7

-20

177

Dominica

86

0

0

178

Bermuda

82

0

0

178

Laos

82

1

2

180

Liechtenstein

80

1

3

181

Cuba

75

1

0

182

Guyana

73

-18

-38

183

Bhutan

68

1

0

184

Malta

65

1

3

185

Macau

60

1

0

186

Sao Tomé e Príncipe

51

1

-8

186

Mongolia

51

2

0

188

Aruba

48

-6

-27

188

Seychelles

48

6

11

190

Guam

45

-1

0

190

Timor-Leste

45

0

1

192

American Samoa

38

-1

0

192

Cook Islands

38

-1

0

194

Bangladesh

35

3

2

195

Brunei Darussalam

34

0

-2

195

Gibraltar

34

1

0

197

Samoa

32

-6

-6

197

Djibouti

32

1

5

199

US Virgin Islands

18

0

0

200

Sri Lanka

17

0

0

201

Pakistan

10

2

0

202

Cayman Islands

9

2

0

203

San Marino

8

2

0

204

Montserrat

4

-4

-13

204

British Virgin Islands

4

2

0

206

Turks and Caicos Islands

0

-4

-13

206

Bahamas

0

1

0

206

Tonga

0

1

0

206

Eritrea

0

1

0

206

Somalia

0

1

0

206

Anguilla

0

1

0

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Thanks Ed. But the match between India and Kenya along with many other were played on 4th June itself. Wont it be counted? Also why won't Georgia fell in rankings after their loss against Malta. Malta is ranked near about 180 and Georgia at 96.

All matches played on June 4th (yesterday) and today and later this week will not count for the June ranking but for the July ranking. Only matches played before June 4th will count for the June ranking.Georgia-Malta on June 1st ended in a 1:0 WIN for Georgia.

If you checked the Fifa rankings website (India section) , it seems they also included the India-Kenya friendly (which happened on june 4th) into the June Rankings, and you said that matches played on June 4th and further are not included.The same thing happened with many matches of other teams that held after june 4th. I wonder if they're actually still counted for the June rankings calculation?

Ah, that's where you were looking. Well, I can only say that's just plain wrong from FIFA. They are contradicting themselves. If IND-KEN would have been included in the June ranking India would have had 353 points instead of the 350 points FIFA publishes in their own June ranking !In the meantime I've compared my ranking above with FIFA's: the only difference I found was caused by the match BHR-PLE, played on 7 June 2017. According to me this match should be counting for the first timeframe (BHR 282 and PLE 340 points). FIFA has wrongfully assigned this match to the second timeframe (BHR 289 and PLE 347 points). This is very strange because all other 12 matches played on that day are all assigned to the first timeframe, as it should be.

I don't really understand this technique of ranking teams. Austria who defeats Germany in a friendly match remains in the same position while teams that have had no matches or even lost still climbs up significantly !?